Christina Bear, a high school student from Golden, visited Duke this summer and toured ITEHP labs to learn about environmental health and toxicology. Christina shares some photos and reflects on her experience. Looking for the right balance of relaxation and summer learning as a rising high school junior can be […]
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Laura Macaulay, an ITEHP graduate student in Heather Stapleton’s laboratory, received the prestigious Otto Hutzinger Student Award at this year’s International Dioxin Conference in Madrid. Laura presented a talk on her Superfund research which focuses on early life exposure to 6-OH-BDE-47 and developmental effects mediated by THR. Please join us […]
Audrey Bone, an ITEHP graduate student, will be presenting at ToxSeminar this Friday from Noon-1:30PM in Field Auditorium in the new Environmental Hall! Her talk is titled, “Incorporating Environmental Realism into Toxicity of Nanoparticles to Early Life Stage Fish.”
Join us this Friday for ToxSeminar with Dr. Daniel Baden from UNC-Wilmington’s Center for Marine Science. Dr. Baden’s talk is titled, From Beach to Beside: Getting our Feet Wet in Translational Marine Science. ToxSeminar is held every Friday from 12-1:30PM. New location: Duke’s Environment Hall, Field Auditorium
US EPA will be hosting it’s second Data Summit for Beginning the dialogue about using new data to transform chemical safety evaluations. September 29-30, 2014 EPA Research Triangle Park Campus 109 T.W. Alexander Dr. Durham, NC 27711 For more information, visit this website.
ToxSeminar this Thursday with Sonja Brun Sonja Brun, a graduate student in the Pharmacology and Cancer Biology Dept. (Wechsler-Reya Lab, Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute) will be presenting her ITEHP research this Thursday, June 19th. Her talk is titled Molecular Regulators of Stem Cell Fate and Tumor Development in the […]
Special ITEHP Seminar this Friday, June 6th with Christina Bear Richard Di Giulio and the Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program will be hosting a seminar on Friday, June 6th from 12-1PM in LSRC A158. The guest speaker will be Christina Bear, a high school student from Golden, Colorado. […]
Lauren Wyatt wins Best Poster award at Carolina SETAC this past weekend! Congratulations to Lauren Wyatt who received the award for Best Poster this past Saturday at Carolina SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) hosted by Clemson University. Lauren’s poster featured her research on the impacts of mercury […]
This Friday, April 25th, Dr. Pauline Mendola joins us at Duke for ToxSeminar. Her presentation is titled, Complications of Pregnancy Associated with Asthma and the Impact of Poor Air Quality. Seminar will begin at Noon in LSRC A247. You can only enter the building through the main entryway or through the […]
Ram Ramabhadran, Ph.D. US EPA (retired) Dr. Ramabhadran joins us for ToxSeminar this Friday, April 11th at Noon. His talk is titled, Tox 21 in the Rearview Mirror: Climbing Everest with Sandals. We are looking forward to Dr. Ramabhadran’s visit and hope you can join us.
Dr. Paul Lioy from Rutgers University will be visiting Duke University on Friday, April 4th. His talk is titled, Exposure Science: The Other Half of Environmental and Human Risk Assessment, and will be presented in LSRC A247 at Noon. This talk is co-sponsored by CEINT and Pratt School of Engineering. […]
Dr. Chuan-Yuan Li will be speaking at ToxSeminar this Friday, March 28, at Noon. Dr. Li is a faculty member in the ITEHP as well as the Departments of Dermatology and Pharmacology & Cancer Biology. The talk is titled, Unexpected Roles of Caspases in Stem Cell Regulations, Carcinogenesis, and Cancer Treatment. […]
On March 7th, ITEHP co-hosted the Spring 2014 Symposium, Cognitive Impairment Caused by Developmental Neurotoxic Exposure: Mechanisms, Consequences and Therapeutic Treatment, at the Searle Center. All images are courtesy of Steve McCaw, NIEHS. Susan Murphy, Ph.D., welcomes guests to the Spring 2014 Symposium, which was hosted by Duke’s […]
Genetics and Environmental Mutagenesis Society GEMS Spring Meeting – April 28, 2014 U.S. EPA, RTP Campus Auditorium THE CARCINOGENICITY OF OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION In October 2013, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a specialized agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), evaluated outdoor air pollution and […]
This Friday ITEHP PhD Candidate, Simon Roberts, will present his research in a talk titled PBDE Metabolism and Effects on Thyroid Hormone Regulation in Cultured Human Astrocytes. His talk will be held in LSRC A247 from Noon-1:30PM. We hope to see you there!